GLEANS - PARTICIPATING AND PROFITING FROM THE DECEMBER RETREAT

TOPIC: PARTICIPATING AND PROFITING FROM THE DECEMBER RETREAT.

Joshua 3:5, Nehemiah 8:13-

Retreat is an opportunity for you to renew your strength.

Don’t manage your time but maximize your time.

POINT 1: Praying for the December retreat

Psalm 31:10,13,16, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7.

God will give us everything but to have we must first ask and have a desire for things. Jesus some much had passion for the word that when his parents were to leave Jerusalem he stayed back at the temple to hear the word.

We must pray and prepare for us to get the best of the December retreat. Without God we can do nothing.

We are to pray for the organizers, the General Superintendent, the invitees, the ministers, the seminars and all other things. Write your prayer requests before the retreat and expect something, be specific.  

The master is calling you unto the retreat. We should be active participants at the retreat and God will lavish his blessings upon us.

POINT 2: Participating in the December retreat

Psalm 68:11, Jeremiah 29:11-13, Isaiah 66:1-2,

To participate is to be involved. When you share the world you are seen as great in the world of God.

For your dream to come to pass you must work it out. We should participate in publicity, giving and feeding of the people. The best place to be at this critical time is to be in the presence of the Lord. God expects everyone to participate.

POINT 3: Profiting from the December retreat

Genesis 32:24, Ezekiel 34:26, Joel 2:21-27. 

At this moment one can have a personal retreat before a collective one. It pays to be alone with God.

In this program we will never leave any prayer point unanswered, we will never let Him go except he blesses us. We must be determined as Jacob, be resolute and desire it.

If you don’t desire God you remain bankrupt spiritually. If you don’t have the word you remain empty.

The power of desire is key to getting answers.

A time came where Jacob said I must settle this with God. And didn’t leave the presence of God until all he wanted was resolved. 

God will pour his oil upon us because we appear in his presence.

I announce to you there is a sound of abundance of rain. 

When you avail yourself in the presence of the Lord you forget you past.

God says to us his people shall never be ashamed.